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I am in way over my head. I do not understand how to link more articles very well. More importantly is the fair use issue of my painting. I do not mind it being in Wikipedia, but I am not licensing it for redistribution or use by others without permission. I own this painting and have all rights to it, but do not know enough about copyrights to say which category I fall under in giving permission for its use. Please help me with this. Thank you.
Hi there, and welcome.
This is a bit complicated I'm afraid, so bear with me - and remember, there's always plenty of people willing to help...
Most important first: the picture. We can't use pictures that are released for use only on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is free, so we want anyone to be able to freely copy it, for any purpose. Other websites can display Wikipedia content, or it can be printed in books, or whatever - as long as they give credit. So, images are normally released under a licence such as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. There are exceptions, for "Fair use of a non-free image", with rather complex restrictions - low-resolution copies non-free pics can only be used on live articles where they add significantly to understanding of the article. So, that means, regarding File:October.jpg - two choices;
a) If you are the copyright holder, you could choose to release it for anyone to use (as long as they give credit), or
b) it might be possible to use it on the article Kathleen Gemberling Adkison, but only if text could be added giving information about the specific picture. And the text would need an appropriate reference.
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Thank you very much for your help. I would be grateful for your help. Please feel free to allow the photo to be in the lower resolution version that can be used as long as there is a citation. That will be fine. My photo is not professional quality, so there is very little chance of abuse of my painting. Also if you would not mind, I would be grateful for the addition of the references you discuss. It can be linked to abstract art, woman artists, anything regarding Mark Tobey and Painting techniques. I appreciate your help on this. I am a huge art fan, and Kathleen has passed, so I believe this article is relevant for historical as well as artistic reasons. Best Regards,
OK, Landfyoung, only the low-resolution image is left. If you wish to license this for re-use, provided that the re-user gives attribution, then the next step is for you to go to File:October.jpg and click the "Edit" link at the top. Delete the first two lines, that talk about "non-free use", and instead add {{self|CC-by-sa-3.0|GFDL}}. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:19, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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